Creating a Linera Project

To create your Linera project, use the linera project new command. The command should be executed outside the linera-protocol folder. It sets up the scaffolding and requisite files:

linera project new my-counter

linera project new bootstraps your project by creating the following key files:

• Cargo.toml: your project's manifest filled with the necessary dependencies to create an app;
• src/lib.rs: the application's ABI definition;
• src/state.rs: the application's state;
• src/contract.rs: the application's contract, and the binary target for the contract bytecode;
• src/service.rs: the application's service, and the binary target for the service bytecode.

When writing Linera applications it is a convention to use your app's name as a prefix for names of trait, struct, etc. Hence, in the following manual, we will use CounterContract, CounterService, etc.